Addition to sewing thimbles



Feb. 16 1926.

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ADDITION TO SEWING THIMBLES Filed March 7 1925 [ii/611707 6750/ /65 Edward [/65,

Patented 1%, 192 5 STATES "PATEN ore-1015:.

CHARLES EDWARD ILES, or BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, AssreNoR 0F ONE-FOURTH T0 EnEnEnro-K HENRY AMsnEn,onE-EonRTH '10 LLEWELLYN CHARLES I-IOY, BOTH OF LONDON, Enenannnnn onnron'rtrn TOTHOMAS FREDERICK THIRLBY, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND; EMILY ANNEI Es AND CHARLES EDWARDILES Ex- ECUTORS 0E SAID CHARLES EDWARD ILEs, nEoEAsEn.

ADDITION/1O SEVJING THTMBLES.

Application filed March 7, 1925.. Serial No. 13,875.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs EDWARD ILus, subject of the King of Great Britain, resid- 'ing at Birmingham, England,'have invented an Improvement in or Addition to Sewing Thimbles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sewing t-himbles of that type which are con'ibined with needlethreaders, and the invention consists essentially in the provision of a needle threader which is pivoted or otherwise connected to the thimble in such a manner that it may be turned or moved into a protected position when not required for use. For this purposethe needle-threader, which may be of a hook formation or gapped or forked, may be pivoted to the side of the thimble near its edge, so thatit may be turned about the pivot to project from thesaid edge when required for use, whilst when not required it may be turned to lie against the wall or side of the thimble, out of the way, the said wall being preferably formed with the flattened portion against which the needle threader may then engage. The pivot about which the needle-threader turns may be constituted by a screw, so that the needlethreader may be readily detached and a fresh one substituted should breakage occur; or it may be detachably held inengagement with aprojection or pivot upon the thimble by a blade spring. If desired, however, other means may be employed for rendering the needle-threader readily detachable and which permits of the 'threader being turned or moved into a protected position when not required.

"Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of a combined thimble and needle-threader constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the threader in use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the Y needle-threader in its protected out-of-use' position.

Figure the thimble on line 33, Figure 2, upon a larger scale, showing the method of pivoting the needle-threader.

boss as a pivot.

3 is a horizontal section through Figures 4 and 5 are horizontal sections showing further methodsof pivoting the needle-threader.

Figure6 is a section showing how the needle-threader may be attached by a rivet.

Figure? is a side elevation, and

'Figure 8 is a horizontal section online 8 8, Figure 7, showing another method of detachably mounting the needle-threader on the thimble. I 5

Figure 9 shows a modified form of needlethreader combined with the thimble.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the thimble a has combined with it a needle-threader b. The needle-threader is in the form of a flat blade having a narrow hook-shaped outer end which is adapted to be inserted through theeye of a needle in order to draw the cotton or thread through the same, as shown in Figure 1. The inner endxof the needle threader is wider and is pierced with a small hole adapted to be engaged ove'rra short outstanding boss or projection c (Figure 3) carried bythe base portion ofthe thimble near its edge, I and preferably stamped up from or formed integral with the said base portion. This outstanding boss or projection 0 is adapted to serve as a pivot about which the needle-threader b may be turned, and is formed'with an internallythreaded axial hole adapted. to receive a screw d. This screw serves to retain the needle-threader in place upon the boss or projection c and is formed for this purpose with ahead adapted to come above the needle threader and prevent its removal. The sald boss or pro ection cg'ives an extended bearing for the screw and also pre-. vents the 'head of the latter from binding upon the needle-threader and thereby preventing it from freely turning about the When the needle-threader b is required for use it is turned about the boss 0 so that its hooked end projects beyond the edge of the base of the thimble, as in Figure l, whilst when it is not required it is turned so as to lie against the outer face or wall of the thimble, as in Figure 2, the thimble being formed with a flattened portion 0 with which the needle-threader is then arranged to engage, so that it thus lies out of the way close to the thimble and does not interfere with the use of the latter for sewing. Should the needle-threader break it may be readily removed fr in the boss or projection upon which it is mountet by removing the screw, and a fresh needlethreader may be easily titted in its place, the screw being again engaged with the hole in the boss to secure the needle-threader in position.

As shown in Figure 4, instead of a boss being stamped up from the thinible a to receive the screw (Z, the latter may engage a tapped hole in the all of the thimble and may pass through a washer arranged to fit within an enlarged hole in the end of the needle-threader Z), the said washer being adapted to project slightly above the needlethreader and thereby prevent the head of the screw from binding against the latter.

Or, as shown in Fig" "e a sh uldered screw (Z may be employed, having a plain reduced part or collar (Z about which the needle-threader b may turn. Where the needle-threader Z) is not required to be detachable, it may be pivoted to the thiinble a by means of a rivet g, as shown in Figure 6, the head of the rivet engaging awasher it.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8, instead of the needle-threader being detachably secure; to the thimble a by a screw, a spring may be used. In this arrangement hole in the inner end of the needle-threader 7) is engaged with a short out A aruly-projecting pin or stud is attached to or stamped up from the thimble, preferably near the ed e of its base portion. lhe needle-threader Z) is adapted to be freely turned about this pin or stud, which serves as a pivot, and is held in place thereon by means of the blade spring The one end of this spring is arranged to bear upon the needle-threader b and is provided with a hole which fits over the said pin, whilst its oppositeend is pivoted at m to the base portion of the thimble by a rivet, so that it normally lies alongside the edge of the said base portion. The spring thus serves to hold the threader upon the pin, and by slightly raising the spring and swinging it aside about its pivoted end, the needle-threader may be readily detached. A fresh needle-threader may then be fitted in its place when necessary. The retaining spring j is curved longitudinally and is preferably formed at about its middle with a transverse rib or corrugation j which ensures the free end of the spring bearing firmly upon the needle-threader. The thimble is preferably formed with a flattened portion 6, as in the previousy described arrangement, against which the needle-threader enga es when turned into its out o'i use position, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 7, although this flattened portion may be dispensed with in either arrangement, if desired; or the thimble may be formed with a recess to receive the needle-tln'eader when turned into its out-of-use position.

Any other suitable means may be provided for pivoting or connecting the needle-threader to the thiinble so that it may be turned or moved into a protected position when not required for use. The needle-threader b may be of any other suitabi construction than that shown in Figures 1 to 8; it may, for example, as shown in Figure 9, have a forked or recessed end 5 instead of a hooked end, so as to push the cotton through the eye of the needle.

Having fully described my invention, what l desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A thimble having a part of its outer side constructed to lie below the general contour of the outer surface, and a needle threader of thin material pivotally connected adjacent the open end of the thimble and movable to engage with the part of the outer side of the thimble which lies below the gen eral contour of the surface thereof to protect the threader when not in use and also cause it to lie close to the outer side of the thimble.

2. A thimble having its outer side formed "ith a flattened portion, and a needle threader pivoted adjacent to the open end of the thimble and rotatable for engagement with the said flattened part when not in use.

3. A thimble having a flattened part on its outer side, and a needle threader having a hooked end pivotally attached to the thin'i- 1.1

e near the open end thereof and movable into engagement with said flattened part when not required for use.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES EDWARD IRES. 

